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ship
1[ ship ]
noun
- a vessel, especially a large oceangoing one propelled by sails or engines.
- Nautical.
- a sailing vessel square-rigged on all of three or more masts, having jibs, staysails, and a spanker on the aftermost mast.
- Now Rare. a bark having more than three masts. Compare shipentine.
- the crew and, sometimes, the passengers of a vessel:
The captain gave shore leave to the whole ship.
- an airship, airplane, or spacecraft.
verb (used with object)
- to put or take on board a ship or other means of transportation; to send or transport by ship, rail, truck, plane, etc.
- Nautical. to take in (water) over the side, as a vessel does when waves break over it.
- to bring (an object) into a ship or boat.
- to engage (someone) for service on a ship.
- to fix in a ship or boat in the proper place for use.
- to place (an oar) in proper position for rowing. Compare boat ( def 10 ).
- to send away:
They shipped the kids off to camp for the summer.
verb (used without object)
- to go on board or travel by ship; embark.
- to engage to serve on a ship.
- to be sent or transported by ship, rail, truck, plane, etc.:
Both packages shipped this morning.
- to permit of being transported by any of these means:
Fresh raspberries do not ship well.
verb phrase
- to leave, especially for another country or assignment:
He said goodbye to his family and shipped out for the West Indies.
- to send away, especially to another country or assignment.
- Informal. to quit, resign, or be fired from a job:
Shape up or ship out!
ship
2[ ship ]
noun
- a romantic relationship between fictional characters, as in fan fiction, or between famous people, whether or not the romance actually exists in the book, show, etc., or in real life:
the TV show's most popular ships.
verb (used with or without object)
- to take an interest in or hope for a romantic relationship between (fictional characters or famous people), whether or not the romance actually exists:
I'm shipping those guys—they would make a great couple!
-ship
3- a native English suffix of nouns denoting condition, character, office, skill, etc.:
clerkship; friendship; statesmanship.
-ship
1suffix forming nouns
- indicating state or condition
fellowship
- indicating rank, office, or position
lordship
- indicating craft or skill
horsemanship
workmanship
scholarship
ship
2/ ʃɪ±è /
noun
- a vessel propelled by engines or sails for navigating on the water, esp a large vessel that cannot be carried aboard another, as distinguished from a boat
- nautical a large sailing vessel with three or more square-rigged masts
- the crew of a ship
- informal.any vehicle or conveyance
- when one's ship comes inwhen one has become successful or wealthy
verb
- to place, transport, or travel on any conveyance, esp aboard a ship
ship the microscopes by aeroplane
can we ship tomorrow?
- tr nautical to take (water) over the side
- to bring or go aboard a vessel
to ship oars
- informal.troften foll byoff to send away, often in order to be rid of
they shipped the children off to boarding school
- intr to engage to serve aboard a ship
I shipped aboard a Liverpool liner
- informal.tr to concede (a goal)
Celtic have shipped eight goals in three away matches
Derived Forms
- ˈ²õ³ó¾±±è±è²¹²ú±ô±ð, adjective
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ²õ³ó¾±±è·±ô±ð²õ²õ adjective
- ²õ³ó¾±±è·±ô±ð²õ²õ·ly adverb
- ³¾¾±²õ·²õ³ó¾±±è verb misshipped misshipping
- ±è°ù±ð·²õ³ó¾±±è verb (used with object) preshipped preshipping
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of ship1
Origin of ship2
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of ship1
Origin of ship2
Idioms and Phrases
- jump ship,
- to escape from a ship, especially one in foreign waters or a foreign port, as to avoid further service as a sailor or to request political asylum.
- to withdraw support or membership from a group, organization, cause, etc.; defect or desert:
Some of the more liberal members have jumped ship.
- run a tight ship, to exercise a close, strict control over a ship's crew, a company, an organization, or the like.
- when one's ship comes in / home, when one's fortune is assured:
She'll buy a house when her ship comes in.
More idioms and phrases containing ship
- desert a sinking ship
- enough to sink a ship
- shape up (or ship out)
- tight ship
- when one's ship comes in
Example Sentences
They shipped the bats to their Yankees clients, but were unsure if the idea would catch on in baseball’s mainstream.
She did not tell her husband, Neil Sharkey, describing their relationship at the time as like "ships in the night" due to his shift patterns.
What I'm trying to do is stock up on food because I think things are going to get really, really bad as far as shipping.
The owners of a container ship have filed a legal claim against the owners of a tanker that it struck in a crash in the North Sea.
His agents are sweeping up legal residents in their opaque nets, labeling the whole unidentified lot as terrorists and shipping most of them off by planeloads to a Salvadoran megaprison.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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